The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-06-30

90, pays great ATTENTION 10 INC iuSS-
ton of hygiene. Caring more to keep
people in the right path than to first
let them slip away from it and after
that to gain great credit to themselves
in lifting the unfortunates back again,
she is full of sensible and straightfor-
ward directions. Her book is one of
the best of its kind that has fallen into
our hands, and once admitted into a
household, where indeed it certainly
ought to find its way, could not fail
of its high purpose. 1t must be good
wherever it goes.
The announcement made that
novel based on the woman suffrage
question was being written by Miss
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has apparently
no foundation whatever. In a letter
from Miss Phelps lying before me she
writes:
s'There is not one syllable of truth
in the statement. l am not writing a
woman suffrage novel, l have not
written a woman suffrage novel, and |
never intend to write woman suffrage
rovel.
81 have had a very i'll winter, and
have now completely lost the use of
my eyes, which make it difficult, if not
impossible, for me to answer all the
letters from strangers that come to me.
alt would be courtesy 10 me if
the fact might be made known that
my illness makes it impossible for me
to attend to the numerous letters which
constantly receive from unknown
friends and readers of my books. This
might prevent some wounded feeling
on the part of strangers who may mis-
understand my silence.
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS"
The many friends of that famous
Southern author, Mrs. Margaret J.
Preston, will be pleased to learn that
she has just brought out through
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., of Boston, a
new volume of verses, entitled: "Co-
lonial Ballads, Sonnets and Other
Verse" The author is SO well known
all over the country that further com.
ment upon her latest production is
almost useless. The sad information
reaches me that Mrs. Preston is threat
ened with total blindness. The
trouble with her eyes has been of long
standing, but it was hoped that she
might recover her sight She has en-,
tirely given up the use of her pen, and
conducts all her correspondence and
performs her literary work with the
assistance Of an amanuensis and type
writer. She is very reticent in speak
ing Of herself and makes no other al
lusion. to her great misfortune than
touching apology to her correspond
ents for answering their letters by th'
, type writer, or through her secretary
pen. Mrs. Preston lives in com
, Portable home at Winchester, Va, ant
! has for her near nejghbors the Lee
: and Carriers and other old families
5 who have always known her. She
: constantly in receipt of commission
5 from the magazine editors, and meet
S all these, SO far as her strength allow
her. Mrs. P. is past the prime of lif
f and is of delicate and refined appear
e anCe.
! The existing social ferment in Eu
: rope, aud the strained relations be
: tween the great powers, threaten tn
United States with deluge of imml
: grants during the next few years. Ih
y flood is already rising, and the ques
: ton becomes urgent, whether SCUM
v public policy does not demand tha
: the introduction of incongruous ele
: ments be limited. In the Forum &c
e July, Prof H. H. Boyesen will have
e paper on the social and political evl
IS resulting from unrestricted immlgfs
c ton. In same number the Rev. J. {
5 S. Huntington e. Father Hunting
&: ton ", who is devoting his life
r, doing the work of an apostle in ii
t, most congested" district of Ne
:. York, will have an article on "Ient
|, ment House Morality" The Foru
/, has had unprecedented success for
\. new magazine. In the short space
d a little over a year it has attained
k solid circulation. 1t is ably edite'
,e contains matter from many note
d writers, and probably no magazlI
le ever issued, has put forth SO much va
rs liable litereture in so short a time
ar b,c the EIo,nu A. ROSCOWER.